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- Path: news.primenet.com!krishna
- From: Glenn Saunders <krishna@primenet.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 serial port speeds?
- Date: 14 Jan 1996 11:54:01 -0700
- Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010
- Sender: root@primenet.com
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- References: <4csf14$7h8@candelo.dpie.gov.au>
- X-Posted-By: krishna@usr3.primenet.com
-
- The mortal Antti J. Roppola wrote:
- : Now I know that a stock 1200 can't keep up with a 28.8 modem since the '020
- : isn't fast enough, but how about a 1200 with a 50MHz '030?
-
- That should be enough, but 115K port speed might be too high. 57K would
- be better. Also try installing Executive to help better shuffle
- priorities so other programs don't starve the serial port.
-
- : Will a 28.8 modem run at full capacity, or would the serial port become the
- : bottleneck instead of the CPU?
-
- AGA didn't really change the serial port, but the 32-bit archetecture
- does seem to expand the chipram saturation point which in turn leads to
- more error-free serial performance because most often it's what the Amiga
- is doing graphically (or with sound) at the same time that causes serial
- errors.
-
- But if it doesn't work for you, there are always PCMCIA modems if you can
- track down one of the commercial drivers for them. PCMCIA should be a
- lot more efficient.
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